Jay Bowman is the co-founder of Beyond Storage, and he currently leads the finance, acquisition, and marketing departments. Jay has been an active real estate investor since 2001, and has been a real estate broker in multiple states. His experience has led to him having extensive knowledge in evaluating and purchasing real estate investments, and he personally holds a large portfolio of residential and commercial assets.

Jay has two children with his wife, Jacquelyn, and currently resides in Kentucky.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How Jay’s career evolved from purchasing and flipping properties to investing in storage facilities
• Why Jay felt emotionally worn down from rehabbing homes
• Why Jay describes self-storage as a business that coincides with real estate
• The process Jay uses to find distressed self-storage facilities to invest in, and why he sets his geographical boundaries as wide as possible
• Jay’s experience of using seller financing to purchase his first self-storage facility
• How real estate syndication works in the self-storage sector
• The types of improvements that Jay and his partner have implemented to increase the occupancy and rent for the storage facilities they work on
• What Jay’s typical investor profile is, and the differences between accredited investors and everyone else
• The importance of having a personal relationship when you invest money
• Jay’s insights on self-storage as an asset, and where he sees the sector going in 2022
• Why Jay believes that self-storage is recession-resistant

How to connect with Jay Bowman:

• Website: https://www.gobeyondstorage.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaybowmanREI
• https://www.facebook.com/gobeyondstorage
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaybowman
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jaybowman

Resources:

• Website: http://bkwpropertysolutions.com/
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bkwpropertysolutions/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/bkwpropertysolutions/
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brian-o-Neill-5069216/
• Check us out on YouTube here

Additional Resources:

• Download Our Free Homeowner’s Handbook
• Learn Six Strategies To Sell Your Home In Any Market And Maximize YOUR Equity
• Learn the Seven Steps for Success when buying a home through our Rent To Own program